Amplifying brassiere



March 24, 1953 E. SILVANI 2,632,169

AMPLIFYING BRASSIERE Filed Nov. 29, 1951 INVENTOR. Ernest Silvoni ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 24, 1953 2,632,169 AMPLIFYING BRASSIIERE Ernest Silvani, Roselle, N. .L, assignor to Maiden Form Brassiere 00., Inc., New York, N. Y., a

corporation of New York Application November 29, 1951, Serial No. 258,898

1 Claim. 1

The object of the present invention is to provide an improvement upon that type of brassire incorporating, or having pockets for receiving, pads or rubber cups for amplifying purposes.

This invention relates to that type of brassieres into which are permanently built pads or cups. The invention is based upon my discovery that the thickness and bulk of pads heretofore used, including those formed of sponge rubber, may be avoided, with more natural effect and general satisfaction, by a specially formed relatively thin insert for the inner and outer layers of each brassiere cup. This insert, as to each cup, consist of two relatively narrow sections of sponge rubber, the sections being joined by a central seam which extends through the inner fabric layer of the cup, and by arching and tensioning the stitching which extends through the two fabric layers and the margins of the inner relatively thin connected sections of sponge rubber or like material. By such means lateral stresses upon the cups, as when the brassiere is applied to the wearer with customary elastic elements at the back band, such stitching tension will tend to augment the outwardly arched formation of the cups and maintain them in such positions even when the central arched area of each cup does not directly abut the wearer.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view showing an embodiment as worn, the wearer being indicated by dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged substantially vertical section taken centrally between the two halves of one cup, the section being taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3; and

Fig. 4 is a plan view showing one of the two cup inserts.

Referring to the drawings, I have shown at i an outer fabric section which forms half of a cup, the second section lac being identical in form. The two sections of each outer cup fabric are joined by stitching as at 2, and each cup is seamed to a frame consisting of an inner fabric piece 3 and an outer fabric piece 4. As customary, inner frame members 3 are seamed together at 5 and the outer margins are connected to a back band element 6. In practice, this back band may be of two sections with adjustable means for connecting them. Such a back band 2 forms no part of the present invention and is not shown in detail.

Under each outer cup fabric I, Ix, are two inserts preferably of sponge rubber so as to be yielding and at the same time capable of return to initial position upon release of tensional forces thereon. Each sponge rubber piece 8 is shaped as in Fig. 4 and when the two pieces are brought into abutment, the straight edges at I will contact and will be seamed together by stitching as at 800, Fig. 3. This stitching not only connects the two sponge rubber pieces but secures them to inner or lining corresponding pieces of soft fabric indicated at 9. At their margins, the assembled fabric lining pieces and sponge rubber pieces are seamed to the frame 3, 4 by stitches indicated in Fig. 1 at If]. These marginal stitches preferably extend through the outer cup fabrics I, lm. Each sponge rubber piece is indicated at 8.

In the embodiment shown, each cup frame is composed of the outer fabric pieces 3 and 4 and corresponding inner fabric pieces 31!: and 4x, as shown more particularly in Figs. 2 and 3. Also, as shown in Fig. 2, the base of the brassire may be reinforced by inner band l2 and tapes [3 and It.

Reference to Figs. 2 and 4 will show that, as to each cup, the inner and outer fabric pieces and the insert pieces 8 of sponge rubber or equivalent material are shaped to provide an outwardly directed arch which terminates above the longitudinal center of the said elements, whereupon the line at the base of the arch gently recedes to the base of the brassire cup. The result is that the cup formation illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 is maintained by the stitching and augmented by lateral stresses upon the cups during the wearing of the garment. By reason of the thinness and light weight of the insert, the garment itself is light in weight, comfortable, and inasmuch as it lacks the bulk of usual padded brassieres, while having adequate amplifying characteristics, the brassire offers very substantial improvement over those in use.

Having described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

A brassire comprising a pair of arched stitched-in-place brassiere cups, each of said cups consisting of two substantially half cup segments, a left half segment and a right half segment, each of said segments consisting of an outer fabric, an inner fabric, and an intermediate layer of sponge rubber, said segments hav- 3 4 ing substantially the shape of a right triangle UNITED STATES PATENTS with a horizontal base and a vertical leg adapted Number Name Date to be centrally disposed over the breasts, said 2,440,466 Freedman 27 1948 base segments being a part of the base of said 2512 215 Rosenthal et a1 June 1950 brassire, said triangular left and right segments 5 2524620 Cadous Oct 3, 1950 being stitched together to form said arched cups. 2,579 545 Cadous 25 1951 ERNEST SILVANI.

FOREIGN PATENTS REFERENCES CITED Number Country Date The following references are of record in the 10 236,088 Great Britain y 1925 file of this patent: 

